Does this monitor have a VOX mode. In VOX mode the parents unit remains absolutely silent until the nursery unit picks up enough noise, and turns on.
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Sort of. You can turn the volume off and the unit will blink when it picks up noise, but it will not turn the volume up. Of course, this will not wake you up should you be sleeping. The best solution is to just to keep the volume on. At worst, there's some white noise in the background, but you will hear every sound the child makes.
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I just wanted to reply to this comment and say that YES, this monitor has a VOX mode that is much better than the Foscam monitor.
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It does, but the company does not call it VOX anymore. It's just "PEEP" now. (I asked customer service this question as well and that was their answer.) I've owned an older Levana monitor that had VOX and was worried that these newer cameras didn't have the same features but the new PEEP is the same thing as the old VOX. To clarify, when the camera and audio are put to sleep in PEEP mode, you hear absolutely NOTHING unless baby makes a noise to trigger it on. Then you'll see baby and hear them at the volume level you set before putting it to sleep. Perfect for those who don't want to hear baby's every little benign noise throughout the night. It does, but the company does not call it VOX anymore. It's just "PEEP" now. (I asked customer service this question as well and that was their answer.) I've owned an older Levana monitor that had VOX and was worried that these newer cameras didn't have the same features but the new PEEP is the same thing as the old VOX. To clarify, when the camera and audio are put to sleep in PEEP mode, you hear absolutely NOTHING unless baby makes a noise to trigger it on. Then you'll see baby and hear them at the volume level you set before putting it to sleep. Perfect for those who don't want... » Read More It does, but the company does not call it VOX anymore. It's just "PEEP" now. (I asked customer service this question as well and that was their answer.) I've owned an older Levana monitor that had VOX and was worried that these newer cameras didn't have the same features but the new PEEP is the same thing as the old VOX. To clarify, when the camera and audio are put to sleep in PEEP mode, you hear absolutely NOTHING unless baby makes a noise to trigger it on. Then you'll see baby and hear them at the volume level you set before putting it to sleep. Perfect for those who don't want to hear baby's every little benign noise throughout the night. « Show Less
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When in PEEP mode the screen goes off until a noise happens in baby's room. You can push a button and the screen will turn on and stay on for like 2 minutes at a time.
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Hi there, there is no silent mode and two levels of volume: low and high, like other typical fisher price toys.
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Ginny,Hello. No you can't hear or see both at the same time, but it has a cool feature that will allow it to switch back and forth probably every five or so seconds. This is the third type of monitor we've had and it is hands down the best. Having the ability to pan around the room once your kids are in big girl beds is so nice. You can also talk to them through the mic on the parent unit. The picture quality is great and it has a thermometer. Hope this helps. Isaac
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Nope! If you have a white noise machine in your child's room you can hear it over the monitor. However, you'll still be able to hear any sounds your child makes over any noise coming through by the white noise machine.
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This monitor has two volumes that the user has to balance. One is an alarm that notifies the user that the baby is crying or there is some noise in the room. It's four "bleeps" in a row. The factory setting for this alarm is relatively loud. The second volume is the actual sound coming from the room. This is changed on the face of the unit kept in the parent's room. All I've found that is necessary is that I turn down the alarm volume to it's minimum setting and turn up the monitor volume and then it will behave pretty much like a traditional monitor. It's still not as loud as my old monitor but it's acceptable. I've been very happy with this unit. This monitor has two volumes that the user has to balance. One is an alarm that notifies the user that the baby is crying or there is some noise in the room. It's four "bleeps" in a row. The factory setting for this alarm is relatively loud. The second volume is the actual sound coming from the room. This is changed on the face of the unit kept in the parent's room. All I've found that is necessary is that I turn down the alarm volume to it's minimum setting and turn up the monitor volume and then it will behave pretty much like a traditional monitor. It's still not as loud as my... » Read More This monitor has two volumes that the user has to balance. One is an alarm that notifies the user that the baby is crying or there is some noise in the room. It's four "bleeps" in a row. The factory setting for this alarm is relatively loud. The second volume is the actual sound coming from the room. This is changed on the face of the unit kept in the parent's room. All I've found that is necessary is that I turn down the alarm volume to it's minimum setting and turn up the monitor volume and then it will behave pretty much like a traditional monitor. It's still not as loud as my old monitor but it's acceptable. I've been very happy with this unit. « Show Less
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Hi, I don't think it can be used as a baby monitor because even if it is in vox mode, you need to speak very close to the device for it to pick up your voice signal. Hope this helps...
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Yes you can mute it and either have it on Vox so the screen will stay dark until it picks up sound or just leave it on On so it stays on but it is muted.
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Absolutely! I read reviews of people that did that. Once you remove the sensor pad and disconnect it from the nursery unit, it will just be a regular sound monitor. I did not keep it just for sound because I already had one just for sound. I was hoping to have something that helped me with peace of mind ...
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I have found using a white noise machine in the baby's room is enough sound to keep the monitor on....and turn VOX sensitivity all the way to 5.
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I don't recall without looking for the paperwork. My original monitor like this from when my son was an infant with seizures (12 yrs ago) was much better than the newer ones. The one I bought last year, I had to have replaced 2 times (within the first 3 wks) because of issues with it. A buzzing coming from the adapter plug and no picture after only using it 12 hrs. Just a flat line across the screen. The 2nd one - the volume wasn't loud enough and the picture wasn't clear at all. Plus there's no handle like the old one to easily carry it from room to room. There's no on/off dial like the last one that also controlled volume. The first one you could easily dial the volume and/or turn it right off. With this new one, you have to hold a button in until all the lights light up to turn it on. The volume is a different button to push. Also, when you unplug it and move it to a different room - the old one would turn on as soon as you plugged it back in. This one you have to push the button and wait for the lights to all light up. Oddly, when you wait for the lights to light up. To turn on - they have to change to red. When turning off - green. Common sense you would think to turn it "on" to make it "go" the lights would turn "green". Which means should be "red" for "stop" and "off". Just a few quirky things that bother me about the newer model. Sometimes if something works well, don't tweak it, right?
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No there is no volume control on the monitor itself. Volume is not great if you need somethig really loud.
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You can only hear the sound of the room that is on the monitor . We only have 2 cameras and if we are doing the split screen option , one side of the screen is highlighted a little to let you know that is the room the sound is on . But you can see both rooms at the same time . We have 3 boys , ages 9 months to 4 and we love this . We have had a few other dual monitors and this is the best by far .
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It has low battery and out of range indicator but not VOX mode. The only real draw back I have found is the lack of VOX mode!
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I'm quite sure it does not. I'm not 100% sure you can't make sound from it, but I don't see any and I was never prompted by it or my computer to try and produce sound from it. This monitor is still cooking, by the way, no complaints yet. I hope this helps!
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Yes! I sleep downstairs with both my boys in separate rooms and just put the monitor on the camera switch setting and it will rotate to each room automatically on the handheld monitor and it will just switch to whatever sound is going on in each of my boys bedrooms. Very easy and best monitor ive owned and ive owned three until this one. So happy with it and you can have many cameras hooked up at one time. You wont be unhappy. Its wonderful!
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The first monitor we had the sound did not turn off all the way, but I think it was just a bad monitor, we had to return it for another reason the replacement was bad too, but the third and final one (the one we have now) works great and the sound turns all the way off.